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ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11791
I've subscribed for years
I think it's improved recently, but wonder if there is anything better I should consider
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  • stonevibestonevibe Frets: 7083

    Win a Cort G250 SE Guitar in our Guitar Bomb Free UK Giveaway 


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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 31371
    The internet? 
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  • The Fretboard Journal is great (nowt to do with this site). A different thing and doesn't come out much, but every article is a proper article.


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  • CHRISB50CHRISB50 Frets: 4290
    Saga magazine? 

    I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

    But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to

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  • wesker123wesker123 Frets: 496
    Not convinced.
    Just clicked the link and it took me to a page that said "Ariel Posen guitar great" 
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  • GizmoGizmo Frets: 1073
    edited March 2021
    I've subscribed for years
    I think it's improved recently, but wonder if there is anything better I should consider

    You must be a "Blues Master" by now then what with all those "blues you can use" "master the blues masters"  & "bluest of the blues" soloing sections they have every month
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  • wesker123 said:
    Not convinced.
    Just clicked the link and it took me to a page that said "Ariel Posen guitar great" 
    That is a fair comment. 

    He's obviously good at guitar and self promotion though........




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  • YouTube is good. 
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  • RedlesterRedlester Frets: 1072
    WhatCar? 
    Fortean Times
    Investors Chronicle
    This England
    Knitting Weekly

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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16256
    Razzle. 
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • Viz?
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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17485
    tFB Trader
    Simply order a Fender catalogue and draw 4 stars on each page. 
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  • DominicDominic Frets: 16014
    Yes
    Start playing the guitar not reading about it
    (says the man with a fretcount of 8000 )
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    Private Eye.
    The Fretboard.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14324
    anything better I should consider
    Firstly, define "better". Do you want to be challenged by advanced technical performance exercises or just have your prejudices echoed by ageing contributing authors who know what they like and like what they know?

    Redlester said:
    WhatCar?
    A well chosen example, if you don't mind me saying so.

    WhatCar? contributing writers get to have free goes in luxurious motor cars. They know that, if they write anything too derogatory in a review, the manufacturer will insist that a different writer reviews their products in future. (Older forumites may recall the young Jeremy Clarkson, slagging off the then new Vauxhall Vectra. Auntie Beeb had to grovel to get any more Vauxhall test drives after that.) Consequently, motor magazines tend to print reviews that are generally favourable except for the odd grumble about hard plastics in the cabin.

    The same tends to be true with guitar magazine reviews. The reviewers can not get too blunt about the latest big name products for fear of losing advertisement revenue or future freebies.

    One major trend in recent years has been the vast increase in the number female guitarists. There really ought to be a music gear magazine, written by women, for women, giving a feminine perspective. On that basis, Guitarist is already several years behind the times.
    Be seeing you.
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  • greejngreejn Frets: 127
    Guitar Player, on Zinio as it's much cheaper. Not as good as it used to be but still worth reading.
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11791
    anything better I should consider
    Firstly, define "better". Do you want to be challenged by advanced technical performance exercises or just have your prejudices echoed by ageing contributing authors who know what they like and like what they know?


    I'd like to learn about new things without having to look for them myself
    e.g. Pedal steels, weird old pickups, duessenberg levers, useful mods, reviews of second hand gear, much more about pickups, less about vintage Les Pauls and strats, more about top-notch acoustics, weissenborns, lap steels, humidity, packing, couriers, neck relief, whatever. A monthly walkthrough of common repairs/mods

    Old s/h amps that don't appear in shops, lots of things that never appear in shops

    Not technical performance exercises
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  • duotoneduotone Frets: 972
    The only one I ever bothered subscribing to was Guitar Techniques. Great magazine if you can put the time & effort in to learning.
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  • HattigolHattigol Frets: 8176
    Guitarist magazine is monthly.
    Which is almost as often as a thread pops up bemoaning its contents....
    "Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherf*cker who plays it is  80%" - Miles Davis
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